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I wanted to make some crystals really fast... do you have the ingrideints? give me the directions to please.

2007-06-19 13:46:02 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Chemistry

and yes i know that i don't know how to spell very well.

2007-06-19 13:46:37 · update #1

i don't want edible crystals either.

2007-06-19 13:56:59 · update #2

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Here's how to make some edible crystals.

1. Boil some water in your smallest pot.
2. Slowly add more and more sugar until it stops dissolving (settles on the bottom and stays there).
3. Turn off the heat.
4. Tie a string to a stick and hang the stick over the pot with the string dangling down to near the bottom of the pot. You want as much of the string submerged as possible.
5. Wait. As the water cools, the solution will become super-saturated, and the sugar will want to come out of solution. The string is an ideal place for crystals to form.
6. Do not move the pot or touch it in any way. Bumping it can mess up the process.
7. After a few hours, remove the string and eat.

2007-06-19 13:54:50 · answer #1 · answered by lithiumdeuteride 7 · 0 0

The slower you cool the solution, the bigger the crystals will be. If you let the solution evaporate naturally, you will get the biggest crystals... but that lets out doing it in a hurry!

2007-06-19 21:03:30 · answer #2 · answered by johnnizanni 3 · 0 0

There are 3 types of fast growing, cool looking non-edible crystals (I'll include the recipe & instruction for each one too):

One takes overnight:
http://chemistry.about.com/cs/howtos/ht/boraxsnowflake.htm

One takes 1-3 hrs:
http://chemistry.about.com/cs/howtos/ht/crystalspikes.htm

And one takes seconds:
http://chemistry.about.com/od/crystalrecipes/ht/quickcrystals.htm

2007-06-20 00:13:58 · answer #3 · answered by Eleckid 2 · 0 0

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